The NASA-funded MinXSS CubeSat will launch in late 2015 to study soft X-rays from the sun.
The NASA-funded MinXSS CubeSat will launch in late 2015 to study soft X-rays from the sun. There have not yet been long term studies of these soft X-rays, but observations show they may be important clues to understanding what heats the sun’s atmosphere to 1000 times the temperature of its surface.
Credit: NASA/U. Colorado